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March 21, 2006
N.Y. may ban youths' out-of-state shock therapy
The state Board of Regents yesterday began a process that could end electric shock therapy for disabled New York youths sent to a mental health facility in Massachusetts.
The state pays $50 million a year to the Massachusetts facility that cares for 150 disabled New York youths. For years the state has paid the facility, where disabled students wear backpack-like devices that provide shocks of varying length to correct behavior.
Posted by Michelle at March 21, 2006 04:22 PM